I seem to be chasing shodows regarding getting my P60 validated for tax purposes.
The local visa agents have failed to get it done on my behalf, and have said I will have to go to the British Embassy personally to get it done.
I need to contact the British Embassy beforehand to find out what I need to do and to make an appointment. However, the Gov.UK takes me around in circles, but tells me absolutely nothing except the British Embassy doesn't want to be contacted.
Does anybody know how to contact the British Embassy please? It isn't a walk-in service i.e. nobody is admitted without an appointment, but I can't contact them to make an apointment.
Working at the British Embassy must be an absolute doddle.
The automated response, which seem to discount the phone number:
Thank you for contacting the Notarial and Document Services team at the British Embassy Bangkok. This automated response is to confirm that we have received your email. Please read the information below.
This mailbox is only for correspondence about
• a death or an arrest of a British national, or
• your application for a Notarial or Document Service we provide, where we have asked you send us an email
If you need help urgently, for example because a British national has died, had an accident, or been arrested, please call +66 (0)2 305 8333.
For all other enquiries – you will not receive a reply from this mailbox.
Please use the links below or FCDO travel advice for Thailand to find your answer.
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The way I read the above is they do not accept cold e-mails asking questions. I will wait a couple of days to see if I receive any relevant response.
The guide they refer to simply takes me around in circles until I disappear up my own backside.
It won't surprise me if the bureaucracy applies local bureaucratic customs when stipulating requirements for supporting documents to utilize a tax treaty – requirements that we will have a very difficult time meeting with our regular documentation. Basically, nullifying the benefits of the tax treaty…...
Probably not. Before you apply
Check your documents can be legalised
You can get documents legalised if they’ve been issued by a:
court and sealed with a wet ink court seal
public registry, such as a birth, marriage or death certificate, or a company certificate issued by Companies House
government department and signed by an official, such as a letter of confirmation of tax registration
registered doctor, such as a medical certificate signed by a doctor You can also get other documents legalised, as long as they’ve been certified by a UK ‘public official’, such as a UK notary or solicitor. For example:
documents such as a power of attorney, a contract or a qualification certificate
copies of documents such as a passport or a driving licence
“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
― George Carlin
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” -George Orwell.
That's good enough for me, thank you. I will return to the tax office on Monday to tell them they are asking for the impossible, and ask what Plan B will be.
"This document is commonly legalised as proof of earnings, employment or fiscal residency. To avoid double taxation, many foreign nationals living and working in the UK will legalise and present this document to the government in their home country."
